Wind, waves & weather forecast Swakopmund

278.78°
4 kts
West
0.05%
16 °C
Sky clear
Data based on our forecast model

Daily forecast

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Last update: 00:37 local time / Next update: 06:52 local time / This forecast is based on the GFS model
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Thursday, Apr 23

Wind
Weather
Waves
02h
278.78°
4
4
0.05%
16
1008
219°
1.3
12
02h
278.78°
2 m/s
max 2
0.05%
16 °C
1008 hPa
219°
1.3 m
12 s
05h
325.07°
3
3
0.05%
15
1008
219.12°
1.4
12
05h
325.07°
1 m/s
max 1
0.05%
15 °C
1008 hPa
219.12°
1.4 m
12 s
08h
331.78°
2
2
0.05%
16
1009
218.75°
1.5
13
08h
331.78°
1 m/s
max 1
0.05%
16 °C
1009 hPa
218.75°
1.5 m
13 s
11h
300.44°
3
3
0.05%
18
1009
217.62°
1.6
15
11h
300.44°
2 m/s
max 2
0.05%
18 °C
1009 hPa
217.62°
1.6 m
15 s
14h
233.97°
8
8
0.05%
18
1007
216.62°
1.6
16
14h
233.97°
4 m/s
max 4
0.05%
18 °C
1007 hPa
216.62°
1.6 m
16 s
17h
229.7°
7
8
8.01%
18
1006
216.25°
1.5
16
17h
229.7°
4 m/s
max 4
8.01%
18 °C
1006 hPa
216.25°
1.5 m
16 s
20h
335.55°
2
2
0.05%
17
1008
216.62°
1.4
15
20h
335.55°
1 m/s
max 1
0.05%
17 °C
1008 hPa
216.62°
1.4 m
15 s
23h
292.11°
2
2
0.05%
17
1009
217°
1.4
15
23h
292.11°
1 m/s
max 1
0.05%
17 °C
1009 hPa
217°
1.4 m
15 s

Friday, Apr 24

Wind
Weather
Waves
02h
303.92°
2
2
0.05%
17
1007
216.25°
1.3
15
02h
303.92°
1 m/s
max 1
0.05%
17 °C
1007 hPa
216.25°
1.3 m
15 s
05h
324.36°
1
2
0.05%
17
1007
216°
1.2
14
05h
324.36°
1 m/s
max 1
0.05%
17 °C
1007 hPa
216°
1.2 m
14 s
08h
205.63°
2
2
0.22%
18
1008
215.88°
1.1
14
08h
205.63°
1 m/s
max 1
0.22%
18 °C
1008 hPa
215.88°
1.1 m
14 s
11h
248.6°
5
5
3.6%
19
1008
216.12°
1.1
14
11h
248.6°
2 m/s
max 2
3.6%
19 °C
1008 hPa
216.12°
1.1 m
14 s
14h
247.41°
8
8
6.88%
19
1006
215.62°
1
14
14h
247.41°
4 m/s
max 4
6.88%
19 °C
1006 hPa
215.62°
1 m
14 s
17h
230.52°
6
7
9.86%
18
1005
212.88°
1
13
17h
230.52°
3 m/s
max 4
9.86%
18 °C
1005 hPa
212.88°
1 m
13 s
20h
206.84°
1
1
2.76%
18
1007
213.12°
0.9
13
20h
206.84°
0 m/s
max 1
2.76%
18 °C
1007 hPa
213.12°
0.9 m
13 s
23h
289.48°
3
3
0.05%
18
1008
213.5°
0.8
13
23h
289.48°
1 m/s
max 2
0.05%
18 °C
1008 hPa
213.5°
0.8 m
13 s

Additional information

General

This is the wind, wave and weather forecast for Swakopmund in Erongo Region, Namibia. Windfinder specializes in wind, waves, tides and weather reports & forecasts for wind related sports like kitesurfing, windsurfing, surfing, sailing, fishing or paragliding.

Forecast

This forecast is based on the GFS model. Forecasts are available worldwide. The horizontal resolution is about 13 km. Forecasts are computed 4 times a day, at about 01:00, 07:00, 13:00 and 19:00 Central Africa Time. Predictions are available in time steps of 6 hours for up to 10 days into the future. The arrows point in the direction in which the wind is blowing.

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